Publikationen und Konferenzen (updated: 07.03.2024

Wissenschaftliche Fachartikel 

Owen K, Gilles A, Authier M, Carlström J, Genu M, Kyhn LA, Nachtsheim DA, Ramírez-Martínez NC, Siebert U, Sköld M, Teilmann J, Unger B and Sveegaard S (2024) A negative trend in abundance and an exceeded mortality limit call for conservation action for the Vulnerable Belt Sea harbour porpoise population. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1289808. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1289808

van Neer, A.; Nachtsheim, D.; Siebert, U.; Taupp, T. Movements and Spatial Usage of Harbour Seals in the Elbe Estuary in Germany. Scientific Reports (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33594-1

Nachtsheim, D. A.; Johnson, M.; Schaffeld, T.; van Neer, A.; Madsen, P. T.; Findlay, C. R.; Rojano-Doñate, L.; Teilmann, J.; Mikkelsen, L.; Baltzer, J.; Ruser, A.; Siebert, U.; Schnitzler, J. G. Vessel Noise Exposures of Harbour Seals from the Wadden Sea. Scientific reports (2023), 13 (1), 6187. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33283-z.

Siebert, U., Stürznickel, J., Schaffeld., T., Oheim, R., Rolvien, T., Prenger-Berninghoff, E., Wohlsein, P., Lakemeyer, J., Rohner, S., Schick, L.A., Gross, S., Nachtsheim, D., Ewers, C., Becher, P., Amling, M., Morell, M. (2022). Blast injury on harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Baltic Sea after explosions of deposits of World War II ammunition. Environment International 159, 107014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107014

Nachtsheim, D. A., Viquerat, S., Unger, B., Ramírez-Martínez, N. C., Siebert, U., & Gilles, A. (2021). Small cetacean in a human high-use area: Trends in harbour porpoise abundance in the North Sea over two decades. Frontiers in Marine Science7, 1135.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.606609

Schmidt, B.; Sonne, C.; Nachtsheim, D.; Wohlsein, P.; Persson, S.; Dietz, R.; Siebert, U. (2020) Liver histopathology of Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) over three decades. In Environment International 145 (2020) 106110
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106110

Schmidt, B.; Sonne, C.; Nachtsheim, D.; Dietz, R.; Oheim, R.; Rolvien, T.; Persson, S.; Amling, M.; Siebert, U. Variation in skull bone mineral density of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from the Gulf of Bothnia and West Greenland between 1829 and 2019
In: Environment International 143 (2020) 105968
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105968

Ropert-Coudert, Y., Van de Putte, A.P., Reisinger, R.R. et al. The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project. Sci Data 7, 94 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0406-x

Hindell, Mark A.; Reisinger, Ryan R.; Ropert-Coudert, Yan; Hückstädt, Luis A.; Trathan, Philip N.; Bornemann, Horst; Charrassin, Jean-Benoît; Chown, Steven L.; Costa, Daniel P.; Danis, Bruno; Lea, Mary-Anne; Thompson, David; Torres, Leigh G.; Van de Putte, Anton P.; Alderman, Rachael; Andrews-Goff, Virginia; Arthur, Ben; Ballard, Grant; Bengtson, John; Bester, Marthán N.; Blix, Arnoldus Schytte; Boehme, Lars; Bost, Charles-André; Boveng, Peter; Cleeland, Jaimie; Constantine, Rochelle; Corney, Stuart; Crawford, Robert J. M.; Dalla Rosa, Luciano; de Bruyn, P. J. Nico; Delord, Karine; Descamps, Sébastien; Double, Mike; Emmerson, Louise; Fedak, Mike; Friedlaender, Ari; Gales, Nick; Goebel, Michael E.; Goetz, Kimberly T.; Guinet, Christophe; Goldsworthy, Simon D.; Harcourt, Rob; Hinke, Jefferson T.; Jerosch, Kerstin; Kato, Akiko; Kerry, Knowles R.; Kirkwood, Roger; Kooyman, Gerald L.; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lawton, Kieran; Lowther, Andrew D.; Lydersen, Christian; Lyver, Phil O’B.; Makhado, Azwianewi B.; Márquez, Maria E. I.; McDonald, Birgitte I.; McMahon, Clive R.; Muelbert, Monica; Nachtsheim, Dominik; Nicholls, Keith W.; Nordøy, Erling S.; Olmastroni, Silvia; Phillips, Richard A.; Pistorius, Pierre; Plötz, Joachim; Pütz, Klemens; Ratcliffe, Norman; Ryan, Peter G.; Santos, Mercedes; Southwell, Colin; Staniland, Iain; Takahashi, Akinori; Tarroux, Arnaud; Trivelpiece, Wayne; Wakefield, Ewan; Weimerskirch, Henri; Wienecke, Barbara; Xavier, José C.; Wotherspoon, Simon; Jonsen, Ian D.; Raymond, Ben: Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems
In, Nature (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2126-y

Nachtsheim, D. A.; Ryan, S.; Schroder, M.; Jensen, L.; Oosthuizen, W. C.; Bester, M. N.; Hagen, W.; Bornemann, H. (2019) Foraging behaviour of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in connection to oceanographic conditions in the southern Weddell Sea
In: Progress in Oceanography 173 (2019) 165–179

Jungblut S, Nachtsheim DA, Boos K, Joiris CR (2017) Biogeography of top predators – seabirds and cetaceans – along four latitudinal transects in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.005

Joiris CR, Boos K, D’Hert D, Nachtsheim DA (2016) Low density of top predators (seabirds and marine mammals) in the high Arctic pack ice. Scientifica. doi:10.1155/2016/1982534

Nachtsheim DA, Jerosch K, Hagen W, Plötz J, Bornemann H (2016) Habitat modelling of crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) in the Weddell Sea using the multivariate approach Maxent. Polar Biology. doi:10.1007/s00300-016-2020-0

Nachtsheim DA, Joiris CR, D’Hert D (2015) A gravel covered iceberg provides an offshore breeding site for ivory gulls Pagophila eburnea off Northeast Greenland. Polar Biology. doi:10.1007/s00300-015-1824-7

Buchbeitrag

Heylen, B. C.; Nachtsheim, D.A.: Bio-telemetry as an Essential Tool in Movement Ecology and Marine Conservation In: Jungblut S.; Liebich V.; Bode M. Springer, Cham (Hrsg.): YOUMARES 8 – Oceans Across Boundaries: Learning from each other.
-: Springer, 2018, S. 83-107
ISBN 978-3-319-93283-5
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-93284-2_7

Heylen, B. C., Nachtsheim, D.A. Bio-telemetry as an Essential Tool in Movement Ecology and Marine Conservation. Beitrag in YOUMARES 8 – Oceans Across Boundaries: Learning from each other, S. 83-107, Springer
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-93284-2

Sonstige wissenschaftliche Berichte

Unger B., Baltzer J., Brackmann J., Brasseur S., Brügmann M., Diederichs B., Galatius A., Geelhoed S.C.V , Huus Petersen H., IJsseldijk L.L., Jensen T. K., Jess A., Nachtsheim D., Philipp C., Scheidat M., Schop J., Siebert U., Teilmann J., Thøstesen C.B., van Neer A. (2022): Marine mammals. In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Link: qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/marine-mammal

Unger, B., Nachtsheim, D., Ramírez Martínez, N., Siebert, U., Sveegaard, S., Kyhn, L., Balle, J. D., Teilmann, J., Carlström, J., Owen, K. and Gilles, A. (2021) MiniSCANS-II: Aerial survey for harbour porpoises in the western Baltic Sea, Belt Sea, the Sound and Kattegat in 2020 : Joint survey by Denmark, Germany and Sweden. Final report to Danish Environmental Protection Agency, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management: 28. https://www.tiho-hannover.de/itaw/forschung/projekte-aquatisch/abgeschlossene-projekte/2015-bis-2020/miniscans-ii-flugzeuggestuetze-erfassung-von-schweinswalen-in-der-westlichen-ostsee-der-beltsee-dem-oeresund-und-kattegat-in-2020.

Bornemann H, Held C, Nachtsheim D, Owsianowski N, Richter C, Steinmetz R (2016) Seal research at the Drescher Inlet (SEADI). In: Schröder M (ed.) The Expedition PS96 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the southern Weddell Sea in 2015/2016. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on polar and marine research, Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 700, pp 116-129

Jamar de Bolsée O, Nachtsheim D, Joiris CR (2015) Distribution of seabirds and marine mammals. In: Stein R (ed.) The Expedition PS87 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Arctic Ocean in 2014. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on polar and marine research, Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 688, pp 31-36

Jungblut S, Nachtsheim D, Joiris CR (2014) At-sea distribution of seabirds and marine mammals. In: Deneke H (ed.) The Expedition PS83 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Atlantic Ocean in 2014. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on polar and marine research, Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 683, pp 55-61

Medienberichte

LNG und Schweinswale, IQ - Das Magazin, Radio Bayern 2, 20.05.2022,
URL:https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/iq-magazin/affenpocken-in-deutschland-forschungskooperation-mit-china-lng-und-schweinswale-schutzfolie-aus-trester/1856534

Dominik Nachtsheim und die Walflieger von Büsum, Podcast “Das Ozean-Projekt”, Spotify, 05.05.2022,
URL: https://open.spotify.com/episode/19qh3chyatxKhXcH0UT2ac?si=c9ebc63113c34535

Neue Erkenntnisse über Robben am ITAW, Dithmarscher Landeszeitung, 16.02.2021,
URL: https://www.boyens-medien.de/artikel/lokales/neue-erkenntnisse-ueber-robben-am-itaw-370701.html

Immer weniger Schweinswale in der Nordsee - Studie zeigt starken Rückgang, Tagesschau, 07.01.2021,
URL: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/schweinswale-nordsee-101.html

Harbor porpoises on the decline in the German North Sea, Frontiers Science News, 07.01.2021,
URL: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2021/01/07/frontiers-marine-science-population-census-harbor-porpoises-phocoena-north-sea-germany-decline/

Weniger Schweinswale in der deutschen Nordsee!, Press release of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, 08.01.2021,
URL: https://www.tiho-hannover.de/aktuelles-presse/aktuelle-meldungen/aktuelle-meldungen/article/weniger-schweinswale-in-der-de/

Forscher zählen Schweinswale – ITAW verfolgt Bestand in der inneren Ostsee mit großer Sorge, Dithmarscher Landeszeitung, 27.07.2020.
URL: https://www.boyens-medien.de/artikel/lokales/schweinswal-art-vom-aussterben-bedroht-345190.html

Wie viele Schweinswale leben in der westlichen Ostsee? Internationales Forscherteam zählt Tiere aus der Luft, Press release of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, 21.07.2020.
URL: https://www.tiho-hannover.de/aktuelles-presse/aktuelle-meldungen/aktuelle-meldungen/article/wie-viele-schweinswale-leben-i-1/

Better understanding of Weddell seals’ diving, Argos News, 06.12.2019.
URL: http://www.argos-system.org/weddell-seals-diving/

Ivory Gulls Made an Iceberg Their Home, GlacierHub, 17.05.2016.
URL: http://glacierhub.org/2016/05/17/ivory-gulls-made-an-iceberg-their-home/

Life under the ice shelf, SCAR AnT-ERA webpage, 26.02.2016.
URL: http://www.scar.org/srp/ant-era#Drescher216

Fotografierende Robben in der Antarktis: Sonderbare Lebensform, bitte lächeln!, SpiegelOnline, 11.02.2016.
URL: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/antarktis-forscher-lassen-robben-mit-kameras-tauchen-a-1076728.html

Einmal Nordpol und zurück – Mit dem Forschungsschiff “Polarstern” in die Arktis, Siegener Zeitung, 27.12.2014.

Vorträge

Nachtsheim DA, Viquerat S, Ramírez-Martínez NC, Unger B, Siebert U, Gilles A. Bayesian trend analyses reveal a decline in harbour porpoise abundance in the North Sea over two decades. Speed Talk. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, West Palm Beach, August 2022

Nachtsheim, D.; Schaffeld, T.; vanNeer, A.; Johnson, M.; Mikkelsen, L.;Teilmann, J.; Vance, H.; Madsen, P.T.; Ruser, A.; Siebert, U. Behavioural responses of harbour seals to vessel noise in the North Sea. Oral presentation, abstract book p. 502, World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 9th – 12th of December 2019

Nachtsheim D, Schaffeld T, van Neer A, Johnson M, Mikkelsen L, Teilmann J, Vance H, Madsen PT, Ruser A, Siebert U. Behavioural responses of harbour seals to vessel noise in the North Sea. Speed Talk. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Den Haag, July 2019.

Nachtsheim D. Auswirkungen von Schiffslärm auf marine Säugetiere. Meeresumwelt-Symposium, Hamburg, June 2019

Bornemann H, Nachtsheim DA, Owsianowski N, Steinmetz R, Richter C, Held C. Weddell seals and shelf ice-associated cryobenthos, The Ninth Symposium on Polar Science, December 2018.

Nachtsheim DA, Held C, Owsianowski N, Plötz J, Steinmetz R, Naito Y, Bornemann H. Under-shelf ice foraging of Weddell seals. YOUMARES 8, Kiel, Germany, September 2017.

Owsianowski N, Nachtsheim DA, Held C, Richter C, Steinmetz R, Bornemann H. Under-shelf ice sampling of ice-associated crustaceans. S. 383, XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, July 2017.

Held C, Nachtsheim DA, Owsianowski N, Richter C, Steinmetz R, Bornemann H. Filter-feeding isopods (Antarcturus cf. spinacoronatus) conquer a major new habitat on the underside of the Antarctic shelf ice. S. 53, XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, July 2017.

Nachtsheim DA, Ryan S, Schröder M, Jensen L, Oosthuizen WC, Bester M, Bornemann H. Foraging hotspots of Weddell seals in the southern Weddell Sea. YOUMARES 7, Hamburg, Germany, September 2016.

Nachtsheim DA, Ryan S, Schröder M, Jensen L, Oosthuizen WC, Bester M, Bornemann H. Winter foraging hotspots and habitat use of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) at the Filchner Outflow System, southern Weddell Sea. XXXIV SCAR Biennial Meetings & 2016 Open Science Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2016.

Poster

Schmidt, B., Sonne, C., Dietz, R., Oheim, R., Rolvien, T., Nachtsheim, D., Persson, S., Ameling, M., Siebert, U., 2019.Variation in ringed seal (Pusa hispida) bone mineral density from 1897-2018. In: Poster, abstract book

Nachtsheim D, Schaffeld T, van Neer A, Johnson M, Mikkelsen L, Teilmann J, Vance H, Madsen PT, Ruser A, Siebert U. Behavioural responses of harbour seals to vessel noise in the North Sea. Poster. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Den Haag, July 2019.

Bornemann H, Held C, …, Nachtsheim DA, … Wesche C. Shelf ice-associated cryo-benthos and environmental features. POLAR 2018, Davos, Switzerland, June 2018.
http://epic.awi.de/47651/

Jungblut S, Nachtsheim DA, Boos K, Joiris CR. Hydrography-driven distribution of seabirds and cetaceans in the temperate and tropical Atlantic Ocean. YOUMARES 8, Kiel, Germany, September 2017.

Nachtsheim DA, Held C, Owsianowski N, Plötz J, Steinmetz R, Naito Y, Bornemann H. Under-shelf ice foraging of Weddell seals. S. 293, XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, July 2017.

Jungblut S, Nachtsheim DA, Boos K, Joiris CR. Biogeography of top predators along latitudinal transects in the temperate and tropical Atlantic Ocean. 51st European Marine Biology Symposium, Rhodes, Greece, September 2016.